The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story

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By Michael Lewis ’82

Published Jan. 21, 2016

(W.W. Norton & Company) Looking for the world’s most important technology entrepreneur, Lewis found Jim Clark, the founder of three separate billion-dollar companies. He also found out a great deal more about Silicon Valley. This book follows Clark’s story, and in doing so, shows how the Internet explosion and Silicon Valley success is forcing a reassessment of traditional Wall Street Business models. Lewis is the best-selling author of The Big Short and Moneyball.

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